Pathogens such as HIV, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae ... trends that are rapidly rising in scale and impact. The virulence of some of these pathogens could be curbed by managing ...

tuberculosis's natural diversity on host-pathogen interactions. The study will interest researchers working on mycobacteria and motivate future studies to understand how genetic diversity influences ...

Scientists discovered genes in the tuberculosis bacterium that becomes essential for the pathogen's survival when it's exposed to air through coughing. These genes could be targets for new therapies ...

Tuberculosis lives and thrives in the lungs. When the bacteria that cause the disease are coughed into the air, they are ...

Researchers have developed an RNA-seq method for investigating drug-resistant infections, and we got the inside scoop!

The WHO warned Wednesday that massive funding cuts, especially from the United States, could harm humanitarian efforts ...

Reports of TB date back to around 410-400 B.C.E., when the physician Hippocrates termed the disease phthisis, an archaic word that means a progressive “wasting away,” due to the way people with the ...

Tuberculosis bacteria rely on a family of genes that help them survive the challenging journey from one person's lungs to ...

Tuberculosis may seem like a disease of the past—more associated with Victorian waifs and overcrowded tenements than medicine in the 21st century—but it’s definitely still with us. Here’s ...

Why doesn’t the public know more about the troubling tuberculosis outbreak in eastern Kansas? The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) is tracking 384 individuals with suspected ...